Being Maddie's Dad

Category: Milestones

  • Upgrade!

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    This weekend we redecorated our study in a subtle shade of pink (her choice) and moved Maddie into it. It seemed a bit unfair, especially with her growing toy collection, that she should still be in the smallest room in the house. Suffice it to say she is delighted with her room upgrade and although…

  • Maddie’s first pony ride

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    Despite the serious face Maddie assured us that she really enjoyed riding Amanda, for that was her name, and that she had merely been concentrating. Not that there was any chance of her falling off as it really was a gentle walk. She did look really cute perched on the saddle. Everytime we went past…

  • Big Girl’s Bed

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    So a week ago a momentous day in Maddie’s life. We dismantled the cot and now she has a “big girls bed”. Because we had always used sleep bags Maddie had never managed to get out of her cot however that’s all changed now. Most nights this week it has taken several hours to get…

  • Another First

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    Living as close to the station as we do and with London only 25 mins away I’m surprised we hadn’t done this before now. That is take a trip on a train with Maddie. After some initial scary moments (when some fast trains went past the platform) and some reassuring words we boarded a train…

  • First Trip to the Cinema

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    Having sat through Snow Dogs on DVD for the umpteenth time it had become quite apparent that Maddie was more than capable of sitting still for a whole film. It was with this in mind we went to a child friendly screening of Wall-e at the local multiplex – which by the way is quite…

  • Spoilt

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    Christmas morning – the wine and the carrot are gone and one very excited Maddie got the present she’d been waiting for – her new bike. She’s had lots of lovely presents and thankyou to everyone.

  • Potty Training

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    Well it’s been a week now and to be honest I’m so impressed with how few accidents we’ve had. Maddie seems to have got the hang of it really well. Having only just finished house training Molly I had visions of weeks of accidents but with a bit of luck this seems to be quite…

  • Molly

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    Well it’s been a while due to technical difficulties and whilst I will get round to filling in the gaps from the last few months I thought it best to at least get a quick entry in for now. (But there’s a lot more to come!) More on Maddie soon but I just wanted to…

  • Learning to talk

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    Well the big news is that Maddie is into double figures with words now and more importantly after months of saying Daddy she has finally said Mummy much to Mette’s delight. Just for the record her current repertoire is as follows: (Sort of in the order she learnt them…) Daddy Harvey Up Bye Auntie Apple…

  • Off to nursery

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    So this was the picture I had in mind with my last post. Maddie complete with new pink handbag – well I suppose she’s starting as she means to go on. Nursery is still going well although she has been in the accident book a couple of times but nothing too serious. Today was playing…